This Fun Memory Quiz Will Tell You If You Are a 'Super Recognizer'

If you are, law enforcement officials may want to pay you big bucks.

We may never possess the fictional superpowers of invisibility or flying, but there is an actual mental superpower that's a priceless skill within the police force—the ability to super recognize.

The University of Greenwich recently published a short quiz to help people discover their true powers of memory. Super recognizers are those who have an exceptional memory when it comes to human faces, and are particularly useful to police officers trying to catch a suspect. According to the site, the skill is so valuable it has become an increasingly popular career path, one that is quite marketable within the world of law enforcement.

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The quiz runs through 14 slides, each containing a black-and-white photo of an individual. The quiz allows the participant less than 10 seconds to memorize the face shown. Afterwards, the participant is asked to select the face they had just seen out of eight similar options.

According to Metro.co.uk, average humans are able to recognize 20% of the photos they have just seen, while super-recognizers are able to remember over 80%.

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